A rejection slip, for writers, is a fact of the writing life. Learn from it, and don't stop believing in yourself, your talent.

Could there have been somethingyou didn't do to make your work more appealing to the editor? You requested guidelines for the publication? Were you familiar with its style, tone? Did you make sure your work was punctuation perfect? Was it the right publication for your work?

The above questions fall under writing better. They must beanswered before sending yourwork out.

About Me

Marcella Glenn is a freelance writer who has written news reports,
worked in an office, reviewed movies, published a newsletter and had her
novel, "Grave Street House," published. She, too, is a Writing
Consultant as well as a Personal Coach.

She
has tried to go down some of life's other paths. A few paths were a
mail-order business, the publishing of a pen-pal newsletter and selling
plastic-ware. Only, she was back writing before realizing what she was
doing.

She'd critique titles,
paragraphs, news reports, that no one submitted to her. She'd stop
herself, eventually. Marcella Glenn seemed to be enjoying the act of
writing. This is how she knew writing was more than a hobby.

Let
it be a lesson in your life too. Is writing calling your name? Or,
acting? Teaching? Are you interested in engineering? Have the courage to
go for your dreams. Simply, believe in yourself.